Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 382 · 40 questions

Artist's tip (Two make one): Primary colours: red, yellow, blue — they cannot be mixed from other paints. Secondary colours: orange = red + yellow, green = blue + yellow, purple = red + blue. To find a missing colour, ask: which two primaries are inside this secondary colour?

1. 1.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
4. 4.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
7. 7.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
8. 8.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
9. 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
11. 11.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
14. 14.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
16. 16.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
17. 17.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) green (d) orange
20. 20.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
21. 21.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) the primary colours (d) brown and grey
22. 22.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
23. 23.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
25. 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
29. 29.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
31. 31.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
38. 38.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
40. 40.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?

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